January 19th - January 26th 2013
New York is a fantastic city to visit as a tourist, but as part of Northampton Business School's annual study tour we get to see behind the scenes and meet some of the people currently working in fashion and other NY based organisations.
Here are just a few photos from this year's study tour.
Fashion & Retail Group at Anthropologie
Tuesday:
At our first visit we were welcomed by Leong Ong (leong@fallsdesigns), creative director at Pool 28. Leong went to school in Oakham and studied at Kingston University and Central St Martins before crossing the pond.
Pool 28 / Nobland - 570 7th Avenue - Rm 807 - www.nobland.com / www.fallsdesigns.com
Pool 28 is a design company
creating exclusive collections for Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters in
conjunction with Nobland, a leading Korean textile and apparel manufacturer
with offices worldwide. Pool 28 works
with factories on creating new fabrics and embellishments, as well as on trend
silhouettes. Each season garments are developed and presented to their
customers in look-books with the prototype samples, then finally
produced to the customers specs.
A short subway ride to Macy's for our second vist. Our guide for this visit was the very engaging Jon Wiltberger (john.wiltberger@macy's.com) Lead Consultant/Tour Director Visitor Services
A short subway ride to Macy's for our second vist. Our guide for this visit was the very engaging Jon Wiltberger (john.wiltberger@macy's.com) Lead Consultant/Tour Director Visitor Services
After lunch a session at....
Mike Burns, Client Services Associate (michael.burns@4c.wgsn.com) provided insight into the work of the WGSN trend service. Online reporting and resources and face to face consulting.
The final visit of the day
Mikael Redding, Manager, Talent Aquisition (mredding@armarniexchange.com)
Brian Alcobendas Store Manger
(balcobendas@armarniexchange.com)
Launched in 1991 in the US, it is the youthful and accessible division of the Giorgio Armarni lifestyle.
Wednesday:
5th Avenue and the Flag Ship store of Tommy Hilfiger
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| Coleen Duffy (cduffy@tommy-usa.com) gave us a great talk... all departments and some great tips on getting an internship |
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| Penny for your thoughts... |
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| Giant Tommy Hilfiger flag |
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| The Million Dollar Table! |
Anthropologie Flag Ship Store
50 Rockefeller Center - www.anthropologie.com
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| The Gallery space in the flag ship store always houses something special |
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| All items from the gallery space will eventually be sold. The layout plan of the gallery space. |
Last stop before lunch and a great session with the president of The RJM group, Rita Overzat. (rgeddiso@aol.com). The RJM Group is a full service luxury brand development firm and showroom.
Founded in 2001 featuring accessory labels such as: Beirn (handbags), CocoTay and Katch by Kathy Flesch (jewelry). They focus not only on sales, but also on design, product development and PR to help nurture new talent. The RJM group represents the designers in their showroom and the major trade shows and sells to all the major department stores as well as national and international specialty stores and boutiques.
RJM - 12 West 57th Street – 8th
floor – www.theRJMgroup.com
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Kaki and Jess made us very welcome.
Warby Parker was conceived by four friends as an alternative
to the overpriced and bland eyewear available today with the lofty objective:
to create boutique-quality, classically crafted eyewear at a revolutionary
price point – under $100 including prescription lens.
Warby Parker also partners with renowned non-profit companies such as VisionSpring.org, to deliver one pair of glasses to someone in need for every pair that they sell.
Warby Parker also partners with renowned non-profit companies such as VisionSpring.org, to deliver one pair of glasses to someone in need for every pair that they sell.
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| The showroom at Warby Parker |
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